Points of Interest

David Beers is editor-in-chief at The Tyee. He started the publication in 2003 as an experiment in new ways of doing online journalism in the public interest. He has lived in Vancouver since 1991.andrea bennett is The Tyee's senior editor. bennett is based in the Ayjoo Mixw area of what is currently known as Powell River, B.C., where they enjoy baking, gardening and cold ocean swims.

"For nearly two decades, The Tyee has cast its gaze on the underserved populations and overlooked stories that are crucial to knowing BC's history, its current predicaments, and its future aspirations. Blending reportage with first-person storytelling, the varied but consistently engaging stories from Points of Interest reach virtually every corner of our province and, in total, capture the happy accidents and cruel injustices that have shaped it, and the dynamic people living here working to make it a better place."—Kevin Chong, author of The Double Life of Benson Yu “These lovingly wrought essays serve as an insider’s guide to the hot spots, sore spots, bright spots, and dark corners of BC, a place that never fails to surprise.”—John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather"Points of Interest is a captivating collection of essays highlighting the unique texture of BC. Each essay offers its readers a new appreciation for the rich diversity of British Columbia. Individually, they unveil lesser-known histories and shared personal stories, and woven together, they form a powerful narrative of community, grief, triumph, and unwavering pride. An immersive read!"—Chelene Knight, author of award-winning Dear Current Occupant and Junie

• Creston—"The Great Arrow Creek Disaster"Dorothy WoodendKrestova—"Newcomers to Doukhobor Territory"Leesa DeanOkanagan Indian Band Reserve—"'Everything Is Burning and Your House Is Gone'"Michelle GamageOsoyoos Desert—"To Honour the Lost, a Cattle Drive"Kate HelmoreAgassiz—"The Art of Growing Wheat in the Rain"Christopher CheungAbbotsford—"The Blacker the Berry"Harrison MooneySurrey—"Tending the Fields of Resistance"David P. BallGranville Island—"Amidst the Tourists, Creating a 'Landscape of Fear'"Michelle CycaVancouver—"Dumplings for a New Year"Fiona Tinwei LamVancouver—"Elegy for a Building Manager"Steve BurgessRichmond—"The Golden Village at the Edge of the Ocean"Christopher CheungPender Harbour—"A Beachcomber's Love Story"Abi HaywardLasqueti Island—"A Wild and Woolly Issue"andrea bennettSaturna Island—"The Worst Windstorm in BC Hydro's History"Sofia OsborneThetis Lake Park—"How I Salvaged My Sense of Wonder"Tim B. RogersVictoria—"More Deadwood Than Downton Abbey"Tom HawthornFairy Creek—"Three Days in the Theatre of an Old-Growth Blockade"Arno KopeckyPort Alberni—"Residential School Perverted Everything That Was Beautiful"Meghan MastCumberland—"This Is Homecoming"Michael John LoCampbell River—"Fishing in the Haig-Brown Library"Andrew NikiforukTofino—"When a Trip to the Post Office Takes Half a Day"Karen CharlesonTahsis—"At Canada's End of the Road"Ben MussettSan Josef Bay—"The Riddle of the Monkey Puzzle Tree"Neil GriffinBella Bella—"Winter Is For Regeneration"​'Cúagilákv (Jess H̓áust̓i)Atlin—"Serving the Cranberry Crowd"Fiona McGlynnSmithers—"All A'bored the Skeena Train"Amanda Follett HosgoodDevil's Elbow—"The 100-Mile Diet Goes North"J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa SmithOotsa Lake—"The World's Most Remote Brewery?"Amanda Follett HosgoodChilcotin—"To the Tŝilhqot'in, With Gloves"Ian GillXwísten—"A Fraser Full of Fish No More?"Colleen Kimmett